tophat on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "tophat" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install tophat on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall tophat on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "tophat" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone tophat's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/tophat.git 
            
                        
                ~/tophat
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/tophat folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/tophat
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tophat package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1266484
Name: tophat
PackageBaseID: 55936
PackageBase: tophat
Version: 2.1.2-3
Description: fast splice junction mapper for RNA-Seq reads
URL: http://ccb.jhu.edu/software/tophat/index.shtml
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: malacology
Submitter: stratust
FirstSubmitted: 1327020648
LastModified: 1685654888
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/tophat.tar.gz